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Positive:
13
Mixed:
8
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews
May 1, 2023
May 1, 2023
Season 1 Review:
Watergate meets “Veep” in “White House Plumbers,” an at-times-surreal HBO limited series that occasionally feels a little too over the top, mostly because the real-life characters actually were. At its best, it’s a lightweight companion to “All the President’s Men,” presenting the flip side of all that planning and frantic covering up by what amounted to Keystone Criminals.
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ColliderApr 27, 2023
Season 1 Review:
The combination of shocking real-life events and stellar performances should spark a strong reaction but will likely evoke nothing more than a shrug at best and slight annoyance at worst. It’s a stylish watch, sure. It’s just a shame it feels like that was chosen over substance.
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Apr 28, 2023
Season 1 Review:
White House Plumbers is a series of partially managed chaos, in which every actor in the impressive ensemble feels like they’re in a different show, and here’s the thing: The discordance is probably largely intentional and I’m confident it’s a valid interpretation of one way that Watergate probably felt from inside. It still makes for a frustrating and not wholly satisfying TV series.
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The PlaylistApr 27, 2023
Season 1 Review:
It’s a show filled with talented, funny people, and they generally make smart decisions, especially Theroux, Gleeson, and Barinholtz. Harrelson ends up with more mixed results. ... However, a lot of the issues with Harrelson’s mediocre performance here go back to the writing, which is way too content to merely add a few jokes to the Wikipedia highlights of this story.
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The GuardianMay 30, 2023
TV Guide MagazineMay 5, 2023
Season 1 Review:
We're in the company of a mad man and a madman, and I couldn't wait for it to end. [8 - 21 May 2023, p.6]
May 1, 2023
Season 1 Review:
It’s not without funny moments, nor without interesting performances — even though leads Woody Harrelson, Justin Theroux, and Lena Headey all seem to be acting in different projects from one another — but on the whole feels like a long joke where the punchline gets repeated again and again.
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